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6) Crazy=Genius
The first unreleased track on the album feels like a companion piece to A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out track “Theres A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven’t Thought Of It Yet”. Playful horns and drums rattle along at a pace you could dance the Charleston too before a heavy, fuzzy guitar line kicks the door down to welcome in the chorus, full of “hey-ey-eys” and punk proclamations.
I’m a f*cking arsonist/I’m a rocket scientist/If crazy equals genius. - Crazy=Genius
If Baz Luhrmann directed a Panic! musical, this would be the showstopper.7) Golden Days
Briefly heard in the background of recent NFL game highlights, this is a stadium anthem in waiting, reminiscent of Fall Out Boy’s recent material, almost acting as a heavier take on their sports anthem “Centuries” with Panic’s trademark theatricality intact. Lyrically, it looks back on the life of an ageing protagonist, some good times behind him but confident of the future, perhaps making a nod to the journey and changes the band have gone through over the years.
Time can never break your heart but it’ll take the pain away/Right now our future’s certain, I won’t let it fade away.-Golden Days
Probably the most straight-forward rock song here, expect this one to be the big show closer when the tour begins, the final chorus in particular crying out for a confetti canon moment.[…]
9) The Good, The Bad And The Dirty
A mid-tempo, horn heavy number with a few electronic twists and a beat reminiscent of “Miss Jackson”, this pairs well with “Victorious” on any gym playlist with it’s talk of street brawls and taking on all-comers.
If you wanna start a fight, you better throw the first punch/Make it a good one. -The Good, The Bad And The Dirty
Side note - the good, the bad and the dirty are also the names of the three piles Brendon separates his shirts into before he doesn’t wear them.10) House Of Memories
Futuristic electro bleeps introduce this chest-beating sing along which will also no doubt be used in a great deal of sports footage through the year. Following the arena friendly trajectory of “Golden Days”, we get a sudden shift in tone at the 2m mark as the house of memories turns into a house of horrors, an “Intermission”-esque piano line dropping in and altering the mood.
Those thoughts of past lovers, they’ll always haunt me/I wish I could believe you never wronged me. -House Of Memories
Upbeat yet ominous, the closing refrain feels like a Panic! take on The Nightmare Before Christmas that would work in a Halloween-themed double single with “Emperor’s New Clothes”.11) Impossible Year
For the closer, Brendon taps once again into his Sinatra vocal style as well as the more down tempo work of Queen who’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” he has regularly covered on tour. Opening on piano and echoey vocals, this sombre, bittersweet ballad sees him in a reflective mood, eulogising a failed relationship made of “heartache and heartbreak, and gin made of tears”. A full orchestra provides support with a rather beautiful instrumental solo in the middle eight to carry us home before Brendon leaves us hanging on an unresolved minor note.
There’s no sunshine, there’s no you and me/There’s no good times, this impossible year. -Impossible Year
We think he may well be wrong on that one.Read More: http://pop-buzz.com/just-music/panic-at-the-disco-death-of-a-bachelor-review/
(Source: pop-buzz.com, via ayfcso-deactivated20170819)
